What's wrong with Stock?

[Bob Mulry]

Originally Posted by Andys dad

I hate myself for not being able to hold back any longer. Boring 3-day weekend, I guess, forces me to do something.

How about cars over 40 years old run in a nostalgia stock category and not stock eliminator?

You are watching the future of drag racing - with current cars produced by the factories. Cars whose body styles you can purchase in a showroom today (not everybody who buys a car wants a race car).

You guys think blood, sweat and effort happens on a garage floor. It can happen in a job where you earn a living and spend your money as you see fit. I mortgaged my house and spent my retirement to get in the game and stop complaining. I do not have a lot of years left.

I am sure we have spent more time -- on the engine and chassis dyno, runs down the drag strip tuning + changing things and money to go to more than 40 races in the last four years -- more than any of the keyboard jockeys on this website - message me to compare notes. For those of you who think we have not worked on our combination - get your head out of where ever it is and try seeing the light of day.

Ok guys this should keep us busy for the rest of the weekend. Light it up boys.

BTW - I heard this a long time ago --

"The difference between a puppy and a drag racer is the puppy learns to quit whining".


Ron Durham
Proud V10 drag Pak owner

Ron,

I recognize and applauded your race program...

You and your program fit into Stock Eliminator because you have to race with the same set of rules that are for new, 10, 20, 30 or 40 year old race cars.

If your program is go fast, you take your hit and move on.

Larry Hill went very fast in a 28 year old race car (truck) and he will get a 29 horsepower gift for his efforts. That rule is the same for MOST racers in Stock Eliminator.

How about putting 75 horsepower on the Shootout cars, like they earned in qualifying

New cars belong in Stock Eliminator but under the same set of rules for ALL cars that race in Stock Eliminator.

There is a way to fix this problem with The Factory Shootout Cars and that would be to bring back to INDY the way that qualifying used to be:

Class Winners and the rest of the field filled with the fastest qualifiers with an AHFS in place..

Let them battle heads up to win class for the privilege to race in the Eliminator.

If they race in Stock, they need to use Stock Rules...

Bob